“The buyers of slaves had arrived. The other women and I were striped naked. I bit my lip, determined not to cry. But I couldn’t stop myself from screaming out as her arms were wrenched behind my back and tied,” sorrowfully cried Amari. The character, Amari, from the book Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper, is 15 years old and was taken away from her homeland along with some members of her African tribe. They are now being taken against their will to different parts of the world to become slaves. Amari meets a strong and independent women, Afi, who keeps Amaris hope strong and increases her will to stay alive. Even though Amari is a fictional character, the both of us still share some of the same similarities as far as characteristics and the way we think. As I’ve read in part 1 and some of part 2, Amari is a strong willed person who is a leader and an independent women who will stand up for herself no matter what the …show more content…
situation. I would say that I am a leader, by always helping people with anything. My favorite story about being a leader would be always going downstairs in middle school in my free time to help the teachers with anything that they needed. Another thing would be just being a good friend to Jordyn Wokatsch. I’ve always been friends with her and by doing the extra little things, it makes her day way better. A similarity we also have would be fighting for ourselves. In the book when the sailors are trying to get Amari to move, at first she fought for herself and what she wanted. I would've done the same, to let the sailors know that everyone is equal no matter the color of their skin. When Amari was taken to a different part of the ship with the redhead sailor she actually listened to what he had to say and learned some lifesaving words to keep her alive. I would've done the same thing, just like Amari. We both take any chance we undergo to help us stay alive and to keep going. On the other hand, Amari and I also have a good variety of differences between the two of us.
Amari is one to be stubborn and not let Afi help her. I am the total opposite of that. I am always willing to let someone partake in an opinion with me or let someone give me advice. Also, Amari doesn't care what other people think of her, and I try not to let it bother me on what people think of me but in the end it makes me really upset. She doesn’t really mourn about her family being killed besides her brother. For myself, I would be constantly thinking about them but not too much to take my focus off of trying to stay alive. Amari is a fictional character in a historical fiction book. She may not be real or actually have feelings, but reading Copper Sun made me change on how I think about characters. This is a story of what possibly could’ve happened in a young teenagers life. Although Amari and I have many similarities and differences, I still can connect to her. Amari is fighting for her life just like any other slave would've during this
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The black women’s interaction with her oppressive environment during Revolutionary period or the antebellum America was the only way of her survival. Playing her role, and being part of her community that is not always pleasant takes a lot of courage, and optimism for better tomorrow. The autonomy of a slave women still existed even if most of her natural rights were taken. As opposed to her counterparts
Slavery is a term that can create a whirlwind of emotions for everyone. During the hardships faced by the African Americans, hundreds of accounts were documented. Harriet Jacobs, Charles Ball and Kate Drumgoold each shared their perspectives of being caught up in the world of slavery. There were reoccurring themes throughout the books as well as varying angles that each author either left out or never experienced. Taking two women’s views as well as a man’s, we can begin to delve deeper into what their everyday lives would have been like. Charles Ball’s Fifty Years in Chains and Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl were both published in the early 1860’s while Kate Drumgoold’s A Slave Girl’s Story came almost forty years later
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When Amelia meets A.J, she tries to induce him into reading some of the books on the winter list, one being The Year Bombay Became Mumbai, depicting an Indian boy as the main character. However, A.J. is unpleased. “If you’re honest with yourself, you’ll admit that you’re only telling me about it because I’m partially Indian and you think this will be my special interest. Am I right?” (Zevin 15)
Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl. 2nd Edition. Edited by Pine T. Joslyn. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, INC., 2001.
Hunter-Willis, Miya. Writing the Wrongs: A Comparison of Two Female Slave Narratives. Diss. Marshall University, 2008. Dissertations & Theses: Full Text, ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2011.
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